Real Life Adventures: My Visit to Quasqueton, Iowa
Our Real Life Adventures series takes a look at unique sights, interesting places, and curious landmarks in that most fabulous of realms . . . the real world! Whether they be tours of spots directly related to gaming’s rich history, or places that are just flat out amazing or weird, our Real Life Adventures can serve as inspiration for your own tabletop gaming — be sure to check out the other articles in this series for...
Real Life Adventures: Dieter Visits the Mayan Ruins
Real Life Adventures: Lamanai, Belize by Dieter Zimmerman Most of the fantasy novels we are familiar with draw heavily from European mythology, history, and literature, but there is a vast amount of inspiration to be found in other cultures as well. M. A. R. Barker well knew this when he created the Empire of the Petal Throne RPG and the later novels set in Tékumel, a fantasy world that draws heavily from Central America, the Middle...
Real Life Adventures: America’s Stonehenge
Real Life Adventures: America’s Stonehenge by Michael Curtis There is a hill in Salem, NH which has sparked a great deal of conversation for more than a century. Stone chambers, standing menhirs purportedly aligned with astronomical events, and a table some believe was used in sacrificial rituals are built atop and into the side of this hill. For many years it was called “Mystery Hill,” but in recent decades it is known as “America’s...
Real Life Adventures: Opus 40
Real Life Adventures: Opus 40 by Michael Curtis A menhir of bluestone rises towards the sky. Stone ramps wind their way up to the platform upon which it stands. Pits filled with water lie below it. Winding stairs of fitted stone rise and descend, almost enticingly, as if urging you to follow them to secret places. In the distance beyond all this, the mountains rise, ancient and silent, as if waiting for some event about to unfold…...
Real Life Adventures: Gilmerton Cove
Real Life Adventures: Gilmerton Cove By Daniel J. Bishop The idea of a dungeon hidden beneath a building in town is an old one in gaming. This past August I had the opportunity to visit one that exists in real life. Gilmerton Cove is far from a megadungeon, but it is large and old enough to be interesting—and it certainly has lessons for the prospective Game Master. Gilmerton is a suburb of Edinburgh, Scotland, that used to be a coal...
Real Life Adventures: The Tolkien Exhibit at the Morgan Museum
Real Life Adventures – The Tolkien Exhibit at the Morgan Museum by Michael Curtis A couple of days before Valentine’s Day, as snow and freezing rain spit down upon me, I found myself standing on a railroad station platform awaiting the arrival of the train that would whisk me away into the heart of New York City. Poor weather notwithstanding, I was on a quest, one that would take me more than 100 years into the past by our reckoning...
Real Life Adventures – The Robert E. Howard House
113 years ago, Robert E. Howard was born. Best known for his character Conan, Howard also created Solomon Kane, Kull the Conquerer, and the sword and sorcery genre as we know it today. If you play D&D or DCC, you have touched Howard’s work, whether you know it or not. To honor his birth, we present this special installment of Real Life Adventures, where intrepid writer-adventurer Marc Bruner visits Howard’s birthplace in Texas....
Real Life Adventures: Doug and Wayne Visit the Frazetta Museum
It can be argued that the single most influential artist of the 20th century was Frank Frazetta. He is one of the most famous illustrators of the 20th century, with works that ranged from comics and advertising, to book covers and film designs and storyboards. For many, he is thought of as an iconic illustrator of Conan. Even in the realm of the classic fantasy genre most commonly associated him with, his career went much further. He...
Real Life Adventures: Algonquin Park
Real Life Adventures: Algonquin Park By Daniel J. Bishop Canada is the second-largest country in the world, with only Russia being larger. Even so, most of Canada’s population hugs the American border, and that which does not is largely found along the coasts. Algonquin Provincial Park is located where the Province of Ontario begins to get a little less heavily populated. At approximately 3,000 square miles, the park is as third again...
Real Life Adventures: Haliburton Canopy Walk and Wolf Centre
Real Life Adventures: Haliburton Canopy Walk and Wolf Centre By Daniel J. Bishop While many were celebrating the “Best Four Days in Gaming” this year, I celebrated my birthday by visiting the Haliburton Forest in Ontario, Canada. This entailed spending a night in at 23 Maple Bed & Breakfast in Haliburton so that I could be on time for a 9 am canopy walk tour. This is something that I had wanted to do for years, and it was a blast....
Real Life Adventures: Quest for the Wizard Van
Real Life Adventures: Quest for the Wizard Van By Dieter Zimmerman As many fans know, Goodman Games has quested for many years in search of a wizard van. Nothing would make us more happy than rolling up to the game store in a 1970’s-style van with bubble windows and a wizard mural painted on the side. And of course we’d run games out of the back at Gen Con! Our 2015 Gen Con Program Guide even featured a digital mockup of our...
Real Life Adventures – The Robert E. Howard House
112 years ago on this day, Robert E. Howard was born. Best known for his character Conan, Howard also created Solomon Kane, Kull the Conquerer, and the sword and sorcery genre as we know it today. If you play D&D or DCC, you have touched Howard’s work, whether you know it or not. To honor his birth, we present this special installment of Real Life Adventures, where intrepid writer-adventurer Marc Bruner visits Howard’s birthplace...
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